Nature's Wonders Sneak Peek Thread

[VortigensBane]

Perhaps I should warn the young ladies in my runtime that one of them will soon be chosen to kiss a frog...

 

[Miss B]

Perhaps I should warn the young ladies in my runtime that one of them will soon be chosen to kiss a frog...

 

[RAMWolff]

I LOVE FROGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! especially poison dart kind! *stands here with cash in hand*

I love Froggies and Toads too!

 

[Szark]

I have a pond in the garden, 6 years ago I counted over 60 frogs at one time, all at this time of year spawning. I used to control the numbers by removing some spawn but for the last few years I have left it due to the decrease in numbers. Population is increasing again.

The boffins say that the British common frog don't crook outside of spawning time well that is not the case in our pond. It used to be though and gradually it became much more nosier. It could be a case of cross breeding with another species or environment. I have no idea.

 

[Ken Gilliland]

Here's a few examples of some of Frog morphs and features... I still have a ways to go on refining some of them and adding jcms for some of them. Top left shows the tongue morphs and the nictating membrane partially up... below it, the throat air sac is inflated and the bottom left and right show some of the extremes body shapes.

 

[Alisa]

Love this!

 

[Miss B]

Me too, especially the upper right where he looks like he's sailing through the air ready to pounce.

 

[Lyne]

Lookin good Ken!

 

[Ken Gilliland]

Here's my first texture test for the frog model. I'm using my "rough" the California Red-legged Frog texture here. This test involves simply throwing a diffuse texture over the model (nothing fancy yet-- no bump, displacement, normal or specular maps) so I can see how the model and morphs are behaving and where I need to adjust UVs. I do have some more UV work ahead of me but not too bad for a first try...

 

[Dakorillon (IMArts)]

I admire your artistic abilities.

 

[Miss B]

I admire your artistic abilities.

A very nice first try Ken.

 

[Ken Gilliland]

Thanks everyone... here's today's work with some cleaned up UVs, diffuse and bump/disp maps and material settings (hopefully the changes are noticeable lol)...

For those wondering why I chose the California Red-legged Frog and the European Common Frog for my base set, it's because both frogs star in the most popular stories about frogs. The endangered California Red-legged Frog is the star of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain and the European Common Frog is believed to be the one that inspired "The Princess and the Frog" (aka "The Frog Prince" by the the Brothers Grimm).

 

[Varnayrah]

Oh yes! Awesome!

 

[VortigensBane]

With advertising like that, now all the young ladies in my runtime are really worried...

 

[Ken Gilliland]

With advertising like that, now all the young ladies in my runtime are really worried...

Tell them not to worry,... in my research I found that the wart giving properties of frogs and toads is a total myth

 

[VortigensBane]

Warts or no warts, frogs are still slimey, they say...

 

[Ken Gilliland]

Warts or no warts, frogs are still slimey, they say...

...and that's why my toad add-on set will be perfect for them-- Toads aren't slimey-- they have dry bumpy skin. The difference between frogs and toads is wet vs dry skin.

 

[VortigensBane]

I just heard a loud crash. I think they fainted.

 

[Lyne]

KEN!! Looking GOOD!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kerya]

Frogs! I love, love, love frogs!
Will we get a morph for frogbabies too (in the year they morph from tadpole to frog)? They are thinner and so small and so very cute ...